Death by Request
A TREATMENT FOR A FEATURE FILM SCREENPLAY
by
CITIZEN FILM
October, 2010
The Present.
PeepKonect Headquarters in California.
Day.
LUKE RUCKER, a twenty-something founder of a social
networking site called PeepKonect.com appears enraged
as he argues with a Senator on a potential security
breach within the PeepKonect site. The Senator says he
plans on introducing new privacy legislation in the
senate. Rucker’s computer is open with the PeepKonect
site visible on the screen. Rucker clicks the
“unfriend” button under a photo of the Senator. He
smiles maliciously.
Scene moves into a kitchen setting. On the kitchen
table is a copy of the Boston Herald. On the front page
is the senator’s face followed by the headline
“Senator’s Death Thought to be Caused by Unorthodox
Electrocution.” ANDREA, a college-aged girl appears and
picks up the paper, takes a look at the headline, and
then sets it back down.
Andrea runs into her room, drops her backpack and opens
her computer. Her fingers fly across the keyboard as
she opens the Internet and logs onto PeepKonect, the
latest and most popular social networking site. She
checks her notifications and waters her plants in Plant
World. She scrolls through her Newsfeed and rolls her
eyes at the comically out of date wall post of her
mother’s old high school friend, whose invite she had
accepted reluctantly. Armed with the knowledge that
her mother neither used PeepKonect nor cared about it,

she went to Sharon’s home page, and unfriended her.
She shrugged, shut her lap top, and proceeded to text
her friend Candice.
Luke Rucker’s office is a masterpiece of intimidation;
his twenty-foot ceilings create an expanse of empty
space, leaving those who enter feeling quite small.
Rucker’s desk is large and black, the wall behind
Rucker is filled with flat television screens all
logged onto PeepKonect. Rucker is working fervently at
his computer when JOSEPH BLANK, his internal security
programmer, walks in. Rucker looks up from his work
momentarily, and then turns his full attention to
Blank. Blank is seated in a small four-legged chair in
front of Rucker’s desk. Rucker draws himself up to his
full height within his seat and looks down at Blank for
a few moments before speaking.
Rucker first informs Blank of the exemplary work he has
done up until now, and how without his help, Rucker
would not have gotten this far. Rucker then discusses
with Blank, in a calm unassuming manner, how he would
like all of the personal information that PeepKonectors
used when they first signed up for a profile to be
databased into his personal computer for research
purposes. He emphasizes the necessity of this being
done quickly, and quietly. Blank looks skeptical and
voices his concerns. Blank stands up quickly, and his
chair pushes back with a loud screech that echoes in
the empty room. Blank looks horrified at Rucker’s lack
of respect for his users and says that under no
uncertain terms would he ever allow such a heinous
security breach.
Rucker, sitting at his desk, sighs, and turns back to
his computer. “I didn’t wanna do this to you, Blank.”
He pulls up Blank’s PeepKonect profile, and point the
cursor to the unfriend button. Blank suddenly becomes
distraught and urges Rucker to reconsider. Blank
suddenly changes his mind on the security proposal and
agrees to move forward with Rucker’s request.
A few days later Andrea is sitting in the living room,

texting her friends as usual, when she overhears a
slightly distraught conversation between her parents.
Andrea stops texting for a moment and catches her
mother say something about an old high school friend of
hers having passed away a few days prior. Sharon had
been sick for a few years and there was a bizarre
electrical shortage in her home, and she was found dead
near her computer.
Andrea and what appears to be her boyfriend, Caleb, get
into a fight after Andrea heard a supposed rumor that
Caleb had spent the night with another girl. Andrea
becomes visibly upset but decides not to confront Caleb
and instead runs to the computer lab and unfriends him
from her Peep Konect. She looks slightly satisfied with
her revenge and wipes a tear from her face.
The next morning Andrea sits up in bed. There is a
knock at the door. She quickly hides the pile of used
tissues as her mother enters in her bathrobe, her eyes
red with worry, a phone held limply in her hand.
Andrea looks at her mother with concern. Her mother
tells Andrea that Caleb tragically passed away last
night. Andrea gasps audibly, and although her emotions
are conflicted, due to their recent break up, she
appears shocked and upset. But not just because of his
death. The look on her face implies something is
bizarre about the coincidences of her unfriending the
same two people who later died. Did she inadvertently
do this to Caleb?
Back in California, Blank and Rucker go at it again
over the privacy breaches on PeepKonect. Rucker appears
to have finally had enough and open his computer to
unfriend Blank. Blank struggles to keep Rucker from
doing this but it is too late. Rucker has unfriended
Blank on PeepKonect.
To Ruckerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surprise Blank shows up for work on Monday.
But how could this be? He had most certainly confirmed
Blankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death sentence by unfriending the traitor on
PeepKonect.

Death by Request
By
Citizen Film Productions

1 INT. PEEPKONECT HEADQUARTERS- DAY

1

LUKE RUCKER sits behind his desk talking softly to his
associate, HANK SHROUD, as California Senator ROBERT HANSON
walks into the room looking outraged.
HANSON
I won’t stand for it Luke.
RUCKER
I’m sure you won’t.
HANSON
This is a breach of the user’s
security contracts. What you’re
doing is incredibly immoral!
RUCKER
But not illegal mister senator.
HANSON
If I had my way it would.
SHROUD
And what, exactly, do you mean by
that?
HANSON
Mr. Rucker, I’m coming forward
tomorrow. I’ve let too much of
what you wanted to happen, happen.
Not anymore. I’m no ones puppet.
I...
SHROUD
(interrupting)
Cut your own strings, haven’t you?
Think you’re going to be your own
man? You’re in too deep Hanson. If
you try to take us down you’ll go
down with us.
Shroud pauses momentarily
SHROUD
Your Senate seat is up for grabs in
the next election, is it not? And
from what I’ve heard, the voters
may not be too happy with a man who
so routinely cheats on his wife,
that he makes Bill Clinton look
like the Pope.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

2.

HANSON
(looking at Rucker)
You can’t intimidate me you
bastard!
RUCKER
I didn’t think we could, but Shroud
found a way.
HANSON
The Internet User Security Act will
pass Rucker, it’s being introduced
tomorrow, and there’s nothing you
can do to stop it, I...
RUCKER
(interrupting)
...will completely fall on my fat
fucking face. Hanson, you’re a
weak man with weak morals who
doesn’t know how to stand for
anything, and even if you did, you
still wouldn’t be able to make up
your mind. If you really thought
what we were doing was wrong, then
you should have backed out years
ago. You wouldn’t have helped us
re-word our terms of agreement so
that we could sell user’s profile
pictures to advertisers. You had
qualms about me then. Oh yes, I
knew, but you did what you were
told, because you’re weak. And
weak men...
HANSON
(Interrupting)
At least I’ve found my strength,
unlike others.
RUCKER
(looking amused)
You remember, I’m sure, that you
yourself, still have a PeepKonect
account?
HANSON
No I don’t. I deleted it.
RUCKER
Deleted your access to it,
yes. But it can’t be destroyed
completely without approval from
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

3.
RUCKER (cont’d)
me. I’m guessing you still know
what I built in to it, correct?
HANSON
(Scared)
Wh-what?
RUCKER
(pulling up Hanson’s profile)
Oh yes, that deffense contract you
won for us a few years back. I’m
pretty sure you remember what it
was for and did, do you?
HANSON
I...please, don’t.
RUCKER
Don’t dance around the issue,
Senator. It makes you look like a
snail dipped in salt.

Hanson jumps from his seat and runs out of the room
SHROUD
Should take him out?
RUCKER
No, I’ve got him from here Mark,
but thanks for the offer.
Rucker clicks the the mouse on his desk as he smiles
maliciously
2 INT. HOUSE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA- DAY

2

We see ANDREA SIMON walk into her house from the back door
where she is greeted by her overly cheerful mother, MRS.
SIMON.
MRS. SIMON
Hello honey, how was your day?
ANDREA
Fine, nothing special
ANDREA pulls up a stool and sits down at the kitchen counter
and thumbs though the newspapers and mail on the
counter. As she flips though the papers she comes across
the headline “SENATOR DEAD AT PEEPKONECT HEADQUARTERS” Her
mother notices this.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

4.
MRS. SIMON
It’s the big news of today Senator
Hanson died of a heart attack or
something at a meeting. It’s going
to have a big affect on the
election this year, of course you
would probably know all about that
if you would have taken that AP
politics class like I wanted you to
do.
ANDREA
Mom, I told you, politics aren’t my
thing and I wanted to focus on my
AP math class this semester.
MRS. SIMON
Well there’s nothing wrong with
spreading your wings a bit,
try doing something new every once
in a while.
ANDREA
(Rolls her eyes)
I’m going upstairs .

ANDREA opens the door to her room, its neat, organized and
colorfully decorated. She sits at her desk and opens her
laptop and goes to PEEPKONECT.COM. She scans her profile,
notifications and messages. She rolls her eyes as she sees
that one her mom’s friends, CARLY HAMMONS, wrote an
embarrassing comment on her wall. MRS. SIMON stands in the
open door frame.
MRS. SIMON
I just do not see why you kids like
the Peeptalk thing so much.
ANDREA
Peepkonect mom.Sometimes I feel the
same way Mom. Complete strangers
can look at all my personal info.
MRS. SIMON
Maybe I need to get on to see whats
its like. Oh my gosh, we can be
“peeps” Andrea!
MRS. SIMON leaves the scene laughing.
ANDREA
(Angrily)
Jesus Christ Mom, I have enough
problems as it is with every
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

5.

ANDREA (cont’d)
potential rapist and serial killer
in California exploring my page,
and I also don’t need my moms
friends embarrassing me online.
We see Andrea’s computer screen, she quickly moves her mouse
over the picture of CARLY HAMMONS, her mother’s friend. She
then clicks the "unfriend" button over the picture.
3 INT. ANDREA’S ROOM - DAY

3

Andrea and her boyfriend, CALEB, are having a heated
discussion over Andrea’s cell phone.
ANDREA
(Emotionally)
Caleb, listen. Damn it Caleb, would
you just listen to me for a second.
(Pauses) Okay, I’ve been feeling
really hurt. You have not been
paying any attention to me and it
makes me feel vulnerable and
worthless. It’s almost like you see
me as your own personal whore. You
seem to drop off the face of the
earth for days at a time, and I
just don’t understand.
CALEB
(Sighs)
I really don’t understand what more
you want from me. It’s like
everything I’ve tried hasn’t been
good enough for you. I’m starting
to think it’ll be better in the
long run just to end it now.
Andrea loses control and starts to cry.
CALEB
We gave it a good run you know.
Andie, you know I will always care
about you.
Caleb pauses for several seconds as Andrea cries softly.
CALEB
I just think it would be better to
just take some time and figure
things out for ourselves.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

6.

ANDREA
(Angrily sobbing)
So basically what I’m hearing is
that I’m not worth one fucking
shit. You’ve made your point pretty
clear Caleb. Two fucking years of
my life and this is how you want
things to end. Well, you know what
that’s fine by me. Really Goddamn
fine by me. I thought you were
different from the other jerks I’ve
been with, but I guess I was wrong.
Have a nice fucking day, Caleb.
Andrea clicks end on her cell phone to hang up on the call.
Andrea continues to cry until she finally gets up, opens her
computer and unfriends her former lover from PeepKonect. The
moment she clicks the button Andrea starts crying again. She
continues crying until she hears someone elses cries coming
from downstairs. She wipes her eyes as she stands up and
walks out of her room. She goes to the top of the stairs
where she sees her mother and father, MR. SIMON having a
conversation downstairs. Her mother is seen crying as Mr.
Simon is seen trying to comfort her.
MRS. SIMON
(Crying)
NO! This can’t be, Tom! God no! I
can’t believe Carly is gone!
MR. SIMON
(In shock)
Honey, I, I don’t even know what to
say I’m, I’m so sorry. Did they say
how it happened?
MRS. SIMON
(Sniffling)
Her daughter wasn’t very clear.
Carly was found on the floor beside
her computer. They think maybe the
computer was struck by lightning
while she was on it or something. I
don’t know.
Mrs. Simon starts to cry again. Mr. Simon tries to comfort
her. The scene moves back upstairs to Andrea. She slowly
walks back to her room and closes the door. Still distraught
over her breakup she lays face down on the bed and cries
into her pillow.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

7.

ANDREA
(Mumbling)
The whole worlds going to shit.
4 INT. PEEPKONECT HEADQUARTERS DAY
Rucker sits at his desk, frowning at IVAN THOMAS, his head
programmer, who is standing in front of him.
RUCKER
I can’t have you going public about
this Thomas.
THOMAS
I don’t want to have to do
anything. Everyone’s heard the
rumors. People are disappearing
and they all seem to be people
who’ve gotten on your bad side.
RUCKER
Rumors Thomas! You’re a man who is
above such trifles. Are you not?
THOMAS
They can be hard to ignore.
RUCKER
Try not to worry about it, I don’t
need my head programmer bothered by
such nonsense.
THOMAS
I just want to know if it’s true.
RUCKER
Of course it’s not! Have you ever
heard of anything more ridiculous
than computers killing people?
THOMAS
I don’t know.
(Shroud enters the room)
RUCKER
You’ll have to excuse me, Thomas.
Thomas looks hesitant, and then leaves the room. Shroud
looks inquisitively at Rucker, who shakes his head, and
proceeds to unfriend Thomas on Peepkonect.

4

8.
5 INT - ANDREAS ROOM

5

Andrea is shown sleeping. There are tissues all over the bed
and a few on the floor. The scene moves inside of Andrea’s
dream. She is walking down her street. Suddenly you get the
sense Andrea feels someone to following her. There are black
cars parked at each corner she turns onto. She starts
running. The black cars start to follow her. She turns
quickly and jumps over a bush and into a house.
ANDREA
Caleeeb! (Panting) Caleeeeb!
They’re after me!
Andrea runs into Caleb’s room to find him passed out on the
floor, barely breathing. The cracked screen on his computer
is shown beside Caleb’s motionless body with the logo of
PeepKonect jumbled across it.
ANDREA
Caleb! NOOO! CALEEEB!
Andrea awakens, startled from the nightmare. She slowly
rolls over and collects a few of the tissues and throws them
into the waste basket beside her bed. She slowly gets out of
bed and gets dressed.
ANDREA
What shall the lonely, single girl
wear today? (To herself)
(Ringtone sounds)
Andrea finishes putting on the sweater and walks over to
check her phone.
ANDREA
Fourteen missed calls?
Andrea answers the phone.
Hello?

ANDREA

VOICE
Andrea, it’s Matt. Listen I’ve been
trying to get ahold of you all
night. Something happened with
Caleb’s computer last night and he
got electrocuted pretty bad. He’s
in the Norville hospital right now
and the doctors aren’t sure what is
up. I’m sure he would want his
girlfriend beside him right now so
will you come?
(CONTINUED)

Andrea is sitting in a chair beside a hospital bed where
Caleb is laying unconscious and unresponsive. Andrea’s face
is tear stained as she talks quietly to Caleb’s
parents. Upon hearing the news of the circumstances of
Caleb’s accident, Andrea pales, and quickly excuses herself
from the room.
7 INT CORRIDOR OF PEEPKONECT HEADQUARTERS

7

Rucker and Shroud are walking quickly down the hallyway
unimpeded by other people, until they turn the corner and
Rucker comes face to face with Ivan Thomas.
RUCKER
(alarmed)
Thomas!
Hello sir.

THOMAS

RUCKER
What are you doing here?
THOMAS
I’m just finishing up those reports
you wanted.
RUCKER
I...yes, very well.
Rucker abruptly turns on his heel and leaves a confused
Thomas in his wake.
(RUCKER cont’d)
What is he doing here?!
SHROUD
I...I have no idea.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

10.

RUCKER
He should be DEAD!
Rucker storms down the hallway back to his office where he
turns on his computer. His fingers fly across the keys as
he checks various settings, and finally he logs onto his
Peepkonect account to check his administrator status, which
he finds is no longer active.
RUCKER
You! Fix this, fix this now, or I
swear to God I will have your neck
for this!
SHROUD
I’ll...I’ll call Thomas, I’ll make
him fix this.
RUCKER
Make him fix it, and if he refuses,
put a gun to his head.
8 INT IVAN THOMAS’ OFFICE

8

Shroud storms into Thomas’ office looking livid.
SHROUD
I need you to do something for me.
THOMAS
Why should I do anything for you?
Shroud pulls a gun out from the waistband of his pants, and
points it at Thomas’ head.
SHROUD
This is why.
THOMAS
Going to try and kill me
again? Didn’t work so well the
first time, did it?
SHROUD
Technical difficulties won’t get
you out of this one.
(cocks the gun)
THOMAS
What do you want?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

11.

SHROUD
I need you to find out why Rucker
no longer has his administrator
status. It’s gone, and seeing as
you’re the last person to complain
about it, and you designed the
website, naturally we came to you
first.
THOMAS
(defensively)
I don’t know anything about that.
SHROUD
We’ll see how much you know.
Shroud pushes the loaded gun against Thomas’ head.
I’ll try.

THOMAS

Thomas clicks around on his computer looking for the
problem. Suddenly his hands stop moving and he looks
nervously up at Shroud.
SHROUD
What? What did you find?
THOMAS
Someone else had the admin status.
Who?!
A girl.

SHROUD
THOMAS
Andrea Simon.

SHROUD
How is that possible?
THOMAS
I don’t know. A virus perhaps,
that thunderstorm the other day
knocked out our power.
Shroud turns his back on Thomas and pulls out his cell phone
to relay the news back to Rucker.
RUCKER
(over the phone)
Where is this girl?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

12.
SHROUD
Profile says 7493 Crescent Grove.
RUCKER
Ok, I’m on my way, you stay with
Thomas, and let me know the second
anything else develops.
SHROUD
What are you going to do?
RUCKER
Introduce myself to this Andrea
Simon, and see if we can’t reach an
agreement.

9 INT HOSPITAL COMPUTER LAB

9

Andrea’s face is shown, her eyes moving back and forth
across the computer screen. She types into the
search..."PeepKonect history" The search engine produces
millions of search options. Andrea scrolls though several
and then hovers over a popular blog site titled, "PeepKonect
scandals and conspriacies. Social Networking Kills!" She
clicks the link.
Andrea reads some of the article to herself. While silently
reading the rest. Seen in print is the title: PeepKonect’s
Founder Luke Rucker killed my uncle, Senator Hanson.
(Subheading) Delete Luke Rucker from your account before he
gets YOU too!
ANDREA
Founder of PeepKonect, Lucas
Rucker, may very well possess a
superior administrative status to
his highly successful social
networking site, PeepKonect.
Unknown and to the general public,
this technology was originally
designed as a military tactic that
provides an electrical shock
through the central nervous system,
halting neurotransmittance in the
body, and thus killing its victims
almost immediately.
ANDREA
(Anxiously panting and
wide-eyed) This is insane! But
how could I?
Andrea continues to read the blog entry.
(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

13.

ANDREA
My uncle, Senator Hanson ordered
me, only hours before he died, to
unfriend Luke Rucker from my
PeepKonect. He claimed that Rucker,
who by default becomes friends with
anyone who has an account, had the
power to kill anyone he saw fit to
harm by simply unfriending them
from his PeepKonect account. He
warned me that if anything happened
to him to go public with this
information so to stop Rucker from
continuing these murderous cyber
crimes.
Andrea scrolls through the comments of the blog. She
highlights one that read: "This kid is fucking crazy! Who
ever heard of a computer virus that actually kills not only
the computer but the user as well? I get the dude is sad his
uncle bit the dust but stop telling lies about Luke Rucker.
Man is my homeboi!"
Andrea falls silent. She turns away from the computer. Her
hand over her mouth in fright as she sheds a quick tear.
(Pause) Suddenly it seems an idea has come to her. She turns
back to the computer. Slowly with one eye closed, she logs
onto her PeepKonect account.
10 INT. RUCKER’S TOWNCAR

10

A black towncar driven by a chauffeur is seen speeding down
the highway, inside Rucker argues loudly on his cell phone
in the backseat.
RUCKER
What’s going on?!
SHROUD
(over the phone)
We’re working on it sir.
RUCKER
Work harder Goddamnit! My life is
in the hands of a fucking teenager!
SHROUD
(shouting at Thomas)
Are you sure?!

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

14.

RUCKER
What is it?
SHROUD
(still addressing Thomas)
I need to know...yes? Ok.
(finally replying to Rucker)
We’ve got a bit of a problem,
sir. We’ve managed to get your
administrator status back, but we
can’t take away the girl’s.
RUCKER
Why the fuck not?
SHROUD
We don’t have the authority to
eliminate an administrator status,
only you do. You’ll have to find a
comp---.
(the phone goes dead)
Rucker stares incredulously at his phone, presses the
buttons and tries to restart it. In anger he punches the
car seat and throws the phone out of the window.
RUCKER
(to the driver)
I need to find a computer. Now!
11 INT HOSPITAL COMPUTER LAB

11

Andrea stares blankly at the computer as a warning flashes
upon the page. "REQUEST DENIED- account cannot be deleted".
ANDREA
Oh God, oh God, what do I do?
Andrea combs through her privacy settings looking for a
loophole so that she can delete her account. She scrolls
through several pages until she gets to her general
information page. Andrea notices something odd. Below her
name in red text is one word, "Admin". She looks at the red
word, bewildered, until her eyes flash in recognition.
12 EXT ON THE ROAD

12

Rucker’s town car is seen speeding down suburban roads,
running stop signs, until it screeches into the parking lot
of a local library. Rucker runs out of the car and races
into the library.

15.

13 INT HOSPITAL COMPUTER LAB

13

Andrea is clicking through Peepkonect as fast as she can
looking for the page where she can unfriend Rucker.
ANDREA
Where is it? Where is it?
14 INT LIBRARY

14

Rucker races into the library, pushing past a teenage girl
knocking her books to the ground, he races to the end of the
aisle of computers where he pushes a man out of it.
MAN
Hey buddy, what’s your deal?
RUCKER
(grips the man’s arm tightly)
This is my seat now.
The man walks off looking angry, while Rucker logs onto the
Internet, eyes flashing dangerously.
15 INT HOSPITAL COMPUTER LAB

Rucker types in the IP address, and gets to the Peepkonect
login page. He looks frantic as he types. He types his
username in and types in his password.
17 INT HOSPITAL LIBRARY
Andrea finds the unfriend link at the very bottom of
Rucker’s expansive page, she clicks it, and a notification
pops up, "Are you sure you want to unfriend LUKE RUCKER?"
Andrea pauses, and clicks "YES".

17

16.

18 INT LIBRARY

18

A moment later Rucker successfully logs onto his Peepkonect
page, and he smiles triumphantly, he grabs the mouse to find
Andrea’s page, and an electric shock rips through his body,
causing a power surge which makes the entire library go
dark.
19 INT HOSPITAL LIBRARY

19

Andrea pauses, unsure if there was any effect. She goes
back to her settings page, and tries to delete her account
again. A notification pops up "Are you sure you want to
delete your account?" Without hesitating she presses "YES".
And the screen goes to a blank Peepkonect login page. She
sighs in relief and goes back to Caleb’s hospital room.
20 INT CALEB’S HOSPITAL ROOM

20

The next day Andrea goes back to visit Caleb in the
hospital. She is sitting in a chair next to Caleb, who woke
up overnight.
CALEB
I’m so sorry baby. I didn’t mean
it.
Thanks.

ANDREA

In the background the TV is on, and a news report is
playing.
REPORTER
Last night Luke Rucker, CEO of
popular social networking site,
Peepkonect, was pronounced dead
after being rushed to a hospital
after being electrocuted in a local
library. Officials...
Andrea glances at the TV, listening to the report.
smiles to herself, and turns back to Caleb.

Medium to Shot from
inside library of
Rucker walking
through front doors

BG: Library
CH:Rucker

Scene

Shot

Description

Elements

14

4

Over the shoulder
BG: Library
medium vertigo
CH: Rucker, library
Tracking shot of
patrons
Rucker as he runs
toward computer lab,
pushes library patrons
out of the way, rushes
to a computer near the
end of a table

Medium Shot of
Andrea sitting down
in chair next to Caleb
and putting down vase

BG: Caleb’s hospital
room
CH: Andrea, Caleb
Props: Vase of
Flowers

20

4

Close Shot of Caleb

BG: Caleb’s hospital
room
CH: Andrea, Caleb

20

5

Medium Close Shot
of Andrea

BG: Caleb’s hospital
room
CH: Andrea, Caleb

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6

Close Shot of news
report on TV

BG: Caleb’s hospital
room
Props:TV

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7

Medium shot of
Andrea turning TV
off

BG: Caleb’s hospital
room
CH: Andrea, Caleb
Props:Remote

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8

Medium 2 shot of
Andrea and Caleb
together

BG: Caleb’s hospital
room
CH: Andrea, Caleb

Citizen Film
Preliminary Research

When we first sat down to pitch ideas we looked at ideas we wrote for ’50 Sentence Story Ideas’.
We came up with a lot of leads but few stuck out as legitimate movie ideas, one of them was
Lauren’s pitch about a person who when she de-friends people on facebook they go missing. We
added a lot to the original idea, mainly the addition of Rucker, until we got to the final product
you read now. When coming up for aesthetics, the group like the idea of have these two
different worlds, of the evil corporation and high school, clashing together in the final cash
scene. We learned a lot during this process and are very happy with the final product.

ANDREA

Andrea his is an intelligent and independently thinking high school girl, we reflected this in
Andreaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clothes by having her wear bright and bold colors. Giving her bright sky blue pants
and a yellow shirt makes her pop out from the often homogenizes background of high school
fashion choices. We chose to gave Andrea a track jacket to show that she is down to earth and
not afraid to get down and dirty to beat the bad the guy as she does in the final scene.

RUCKER

Ruckerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s character is a sleek and hot headed executive and his wardrobe reflects that. A black
pin stripe suit with a matching black tie give the character a uniformly colored sleek and sly
look. The French cuffs and wide knot of the tie show that Rucker has a taste for expensive and
flashy possessions. The black color of the suite, tie and shoes also make Rucker blend in with
his dark office making it seem as if him and his work are one. His numberless watch shows that
when given the choice Rucker will also pick style over functionality.